IoT & AI Leaders

While 2023 was all about the device for the IoT industry, 2024 is already shaping up to emphasize the device even more than before. The overarching theme of Eseye’s predictions for 2023 was how mobile network operators (MNOs) were finally going to cede control of IoT connectivity to enterprises. The predictions didn’t quite play out as expected, but they were fairly accurate: The MNO lock was fina...

When you’re delivering billions of packages a year and you want to make sure they arrive on time, device connectivity and availability are mission-critical. To this end, Amazon is on a mission to ensure that none of its customers is ever missing a package or parcel — or awaiting a late one. Introducing Amazon Key for Business: a smart fob that enables drivers to easily access multi-unit buildings...

It turns out that big mobile network players can learn a lot from the airline industry. These two seemingly disparate industries actually have more in common than might appear at first glance. It is one of several topics discussed on our 40th special edition of IoT Leaders, which brings together Eseye ’s two Founders Ian Marsden and Paul Marshall to discuss the global IoT connectivity challenges t...

What's the winning recipe to successful smart cities? People want safety, security, and convenience. If city managers can provide all three, they keep people happy. But what if we can take smart city management one step further? In this episode of IoT Leaders, David Ly, the Chairman and CEO of AI-driven video and IoT sensor solution company Iveda dives into the latest developments making smar...

In the United States, you deal with three operators: AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. In Africa? Try more than 100. But the fact that Africa is such a different landscape to the US and European markets is the very key to why tracking, telematics, and IoT company Online Solutions has risen as a leader in the space. Founder and Director Francesco Manis joins the IoT Leaders podcast to share how solv...

It is disheartening, but true: 84% find that hardware design is the number one barrier to IoT deployments. Why? Simply put: it’s all about the device. If connectivity isn’t built into the device from the outset, and instead jammed in at the end, it won’t work. Transforma Insights Founding Partner Matt Hatton and Eseye SVP Strategy & Alliances Larry Socher both join Nick Earle on the IoT Leader...

When you’re facing a $500 billion problem, you need an urgent solution. Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is the biggest cattle issue in the agricultural industry. What makes it so difficult to solve is that it’s based on multiple bacteria and viruses. But that doesn’t stop Brad White, a veterinarian, Kansas State University professor, and partner at Precision Animal Solutions, from tackling the pr...

At any given moment, billions of dollars of products are moving around the world  — but information about the exact location of merchandise remains largely unknown. IoT tracking solution company t42 is on a mission to change that.  Companies need to know what’s happening to products and if they’re being tampered with, at all times during transportation. This knowledge could ultimately sa...

What leads a family-owned, electronic board solutions company in northern Italy to become a connected device company and a multi-IMSI pioneer? For most of its 42-year history, Micro Systems offered its customers hardware solutions. Developing connected devices became an obvious choice when Francesco Melegoni, who championed the company’s entry into the world of IoT, realised the potential value Io...

When it’s a matter of life or death, the holy grail of 100% connectivity isn’t just a nice-to-have.  Storing medical materials, human tissue, vaccines and embryos requires very cold, stable conditions. Monitoring the containers with these material is essential — and there’s no shortcut. Thankfully, IoT empowers industry-leading environmental monitoring companies like PharmaWatch to innovate f...

If someone claimed they could tell you where anything is on the planet within 10 centimeters of precision, would you believe them? CEO and Founder of Link Labs Dr. Bob Proctor’s goal is to deliver on that claim. Moreover, he’s got both the credentials and the detail to back it up. Bob joins the podcast to offer insight into what Link Labs offers the IoT landscape, including: The challenges of high...

Healthcare, meet IoT.  That’s the marriage that brought Steve Samson to Accuhealth and ushered in a new age of remote patient monitoring technology. The firm uses IoT to empower patients and doctors with accurate, up-to-date medical data that goes far beyond the occasional office visit. It all began when Steve realized that both cybersecurity (his prior field) and remote patient monitoring re...

The theme of 2023 is change.  The acceleration of disruptive technological and IoT trends is clear. Fragmentation is the order of the day. But at the same time, a paradoxical collision is taking place. Hyperscalers are upending decades-old paradigms about how technology and its uses evolve. Eseye SVP Strategy and Alliances Larry Socher joins the podcast to offer insight into five key trends r...

What if there was a way to change the trajectory of human health? Our era is marked by the proliferation of inexpensive, but high quality IoT sensors that enable advanced early disease detection. A way to measure human physiology in a continuous manner. That’s exactly what data sciences company Biofourmis is doing. CTO, Milan Shah explains how the combination of IoT, artificial intelligence, and m...

Railway systems are one of the oldest and most established means of transportation, dating back more than 200 years. Even though the fundamentals of the railway system have remained largely unchanged during that time, IoT is helping this industry to navigate today's biggest challenge: climate change. IoT assists with environmental monitoring and can even predict and prevent accidents before they o...

IoT isn’t competitive in the same way other industries are. It’s more important for different companies to work in partnership than go up against one another. Nassia Skoulikariti, Founder of Apiro Data and Director of IoT at Mobile Ecosystem Forum, is an expert in all things IoT. Nassia knows that one size doesn’t fit all when it comes to IoT. Different businesses work together to fit every custom...

Convenience retail is slowly outpacing fuel sales at gas stations. Gasoline is no longer the main draw for customers; instead, they’re looking for a brand experience. Convenience store brands are trying to create a unique customer experience within their stores to attract people who may not even need gasoline. So, how can IoT transform the journey of the convenience store owner? In this episode, G...

Ever wondered whether the problems you have with IoT are shared with anyone else? Wonder no more. Steffen Sorrell, Chief of Research at Kaleido Intelligence, has the answers. The research house recently surveyed over 750 companies about the difficulties they have with their Enterprise IoT projects, and the results may surprise you. Join us as we discuss: The six top IoT connectivity concerns compa...

What is the current state of the IoT market and where can we expect things to go? Nick talks to Mark Thirman, Global Distributed Cloud and Edge Leader at IBM, about pushing the edge and the future of IoT. Join us as we discuss: Mark’s career journey to date The state of the current IoT market A breakdown of the technology adoption cycle Redhat and the Enterprise and Industrial sector The “Shift of...

How is IoT transforming supply chains and logistics? Jono Doyle , Product Manager at BT Final Mile, speaks with Nick about how the company is using IoT to solve the "Final Mile Problem." Using a UK based network of IoT enabled intelligent lockers, they ensure engineers get the right parts at the right time and in the right place. This ensures that engineers are closer than ever to the specific par...

Current technology tells us when something has just gone wrong. What if we knew that something was going wrong before it happened, and we could intervene first?  IoT could turn at-home healthcare technology from a reactive model into a proactive one — saving countless lives and dollars.  Peter Kerly , Managing Director at Everon , talked with Nick about how artificial intelligence can build a patt...

When you’re evaluating a partner (or ecosystem), you want to look for one that’s frictionless and trustworthy. The future of global telco is going to be based in ecosystems, not individual companies, and it will be built on a trust model. Ibrahim Gedeon , CTO at TELUS , talked with Nick about widening partnerships to include ecosystems — and the unique way that operators can help make that transit...

We’ve had the smallest taste of digital disruption in the past couple of years. We still think of it as something that happens to us. Today’s guest advises organizations to take charge of disruption by learning to be on the lookout for threats that become opportunities. Ade McCormack , Disruption Readiness Advisor at Møller Institute ,talked with me about the effect of IoT on disruption — and how...

The first level is to visualize the data. The second is to contextualize the data. Third is to simulate the data to project the best outcome. The fourth level of IoT maturity is to execute on the data autonomously. In this episode, I interview Tony Shakib , GM/Partner at Microsoft Azure IoT , about how IoT can bring different technologies together on behalf of customers for a huge increase in prod...

History is littered with examples of technology companies that failed to adapt when there was a sea change in the prevailing business model. Consider the companies that fell by the wayside when the software industry switched from a per-license pricing model to SaaS. We’re on the precipice of a similar sea change within IoT. In this episode, Nick talks with Matt Hatton , Founding Partner & Anal...